Indeed, our analysis of the June data indicates that the job market is fairly strong—but for immigrant workers only. Native-born Americans continue to lose jobs, exit the labor force, and retire earlier than planned.

Result: immigrant displacement of American workers had reached an all-time Obama Era high.

The “other” employment survey, of Households, shows a 160,000 job gain in June. The Household Survey now reports place of birth (but not legal status—it includes illegals). This allows us to see that behind the job growth lie two disparate job markets:

Total employment rose by 160,000, or by 0.11%

Native-born employment fell by 84,000, or by -0.07%

Foreign-born employment rose by 244,000, or by 1.05%

Immigrant job growth north of 1.0% per month is particularly noteworthy. If that rate persists, immigrant employment will double within 72 months—or by June 2019. That surely rivals (exceeds?) immigrant job growth in any comparable period of U.S. history.

Perhaps there are seasonal factors that propel immigrant employment up faster than native-born employment in the month of June. Nevertheless, the spike in foreign-born employment this June stands in sharp contrast to the declines over the past two Junes.

In fact, the immigrant share of total U.S. employment in June—16.34%—was higher than in any other June during the Obama years:

Native-born employment growth is the blue line, immigrant employment growth is in pink, and NVAWDI—the ratio of immigrant to native-born job growth—is yellow. To chart American worker displacement, we set both the native-born and immigrant employment indexes in January 2009 at 100.0.

Since January 2009:

Foreign-born employment rose by 1.895 million, or by 8.8%. The immigrant employment index rose from 100.0 to 108.8.

Native-born American employment declined by 58,000 or by -0.05%. The native-born American employment index in June 2013 was a tad below 100.0—actually below the level of January 2009. In other words,

NVDAWDI (the ratio of immigrant to native-born employment growth indexes) rose from 100.0 to a record 108.8 (100X(108.8/100.0)

A more detailed picture of American worker displacement over the past year is seen in figures published in the BLS household monthly job report:

The labor force participation rate—a measure of worker confidence—increased for immigrants but declined for the native-born Americans. At 67.2%, the immigrant participation rate in June was 3.8% points above the native-born American rate. ADVANTAGE IMMIGRANTS.